The EU is rewriting membership terms for newcomers — a revocable vote and a twenty-year deadline

According to the daily NRC, the European Commission is preparing a regime under which new member states could have their voting rights removed by a majority rather than today's unanimity, probably during their first twenty years. We are tracking whether it makes it into an official proposal and into accession treaties.

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Noví členovia Únie by mohli prísť o hlasovacie právo na prvých 20 rokov. Island o tom v sobotu hlasuje, na lístku to nemá

Holandský denník NRC opisuje pripravované plány Komisie: nováčikovi by sa dal odobrať hlas väčšinou namiesto jednomyseľnosti. Na Orbána by nebol…

27.8.2026

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Montenegro received a transitional restriction on its veto in its accession treaty
The Slovak government took a position on the plans

What has happened

The Commission published its enlargement reform proposal and a revocable voting right for new members is in it Doplnené kontrolou 7.10.2026: Návrh zverejnený aj s mechanizmom hlasovacích práv. → Komisia v Štrasburgu navrhla nové pravidlá pre rozšírenie EÚ 6.10.2026
The twenty-year period was confirmed, or changed Doplnené kontrolou 7.10.2026: Lehota sa zmenila z 20 na 15 rokov. → Komisia v Štrasburgu navrhla nové pravidlá pre rozšírenie EÚ 6.10.2026
Iceland's August 29 referendum concluded and the government took a position on the result Referendum sa konalo 29.8.2026, rokovania boli odmietnuté 47,2 ku 52,8 percenta. Vláda Kristrún Frostadóttir 30.8. na tlačovej konferencii potvrdila, že výsledok rešpektuje a do prístupových rokovaní nepôjde; zahraničný výbor v pondelok prerokuje aj formálne stiahnutie prihlášky. → Za rokovania s EÚ hlasoval na Islande len Reykjavík. Prieskumy ukázali obrat mladých o 23 bodov 1.9.2026

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